Can Samuel Be A Similar Weapon To Tyreek Hill?

[countryboi]

I think samuel has a chance its hard to judge because he missed so much practice time early in the season, this was pretty much a red shirt year for him. That said if Hills play is because of Andy Reid why the hell is De'Anthony Thomas not awesome?

[PantherPhann89]

I think he can be if he stays healthy...

[KillerKat]

He has to hold on to the ball first

[Saca312]

40 minutes ago, theballboy said:

Samuel is a RB learning how to play WR. 

This year he was by far our best route-running WR. Got hurt early but really impacted the flow of this offense against Miami and Atlanta when fully utilized.

As for before, he was never a 'runningback learning WR.' That is false.

Understand Curtis Samuel is a WR who can play RB - not the other way around. Per Pro Football Focus, Samuel had 220 snaps from the backfield, much less than his 425 snaps from the slot. He's more experienced as a wide-receiver than as runningback.

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/boards/topic/139382-analysis-wrrb-curtis-samuel-a-playmaker-who-happens-to-be-a-speedster-why-hell-also-make-an-immediate-impact/

[Saca312]

2 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

He has to hold on to the ball first

Yep. 

He can hold on to the ball through contact when he catches it. That was displayed on his incredible catch against a huge hit during the Miami game.

The issue so far is his hands. Not a natural hands catcher, and that's consistent with his college tape. Otherwise, he's easily our best route-runner and gains separation with speed. Very good weapon who needs to learn to catch with his hands, but isn't as unreliable as Shepard in that regard so far.

[CPF4LIFE]

Dont know,  players drafted by gettleman are either hurt or just dont get any playing time. 

We took corners 3 corners in one draft  out of desperation and saints draft lattimore and he blows our guys out the water. 

[*FreeFua*]

9 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

The issue so far is his hands. Not a natural hands catcher, and that's consistent with his college tape. Otherwise, he's easily our best route-runner and gains separation with speed. Very good weapon who needs to learn to catch with his hands, but isn't as unreliable as Shepard in that regard so far.

 

 

[Wolfcop]

Hard to draw any real conclusions so far. We just didn't see him enough. I am excited about who he may become, but he has to stay on the field first. Physically, he doesn't seem much different than #14 for the Vikes  - Samuel is an inch shorter, but much faster (without pads of course). The rest of their combine stats were almost identical. Check it out:

http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/curtis-samuel?id=2558066

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/stefon-diggs?id=2552608

 

[heel31ok]

On 10/20/2017 at 12:11 AM, Udogg said:

no.  He doesn't have the speed that Tyreke has.  

Tyreke isn't normal fast,  he omgwtf fast.  Samuel is fast in a league where everyone is fast. 

so he's not fast...lol... he's fast

[Snake]

55 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

Yep. 

He can hold on to the ball through contact when he catches it. That was displayed on his incredible catch against a huge hit during the Miami game.

The issue so far is his hands. Not a natural hands catcher, and that's consistent with his college tape. Otherwise, he's easily our best route-runner and gains separation with speed. Very good weapon who needs to learn to catch with his hands, but isn't as unreliable as Shepard in that regard so far.

Can't express enough how having someone like Norv is to young WRs. He will improve just by being around a coach like that. 

[Manther]

Jury is out on Samuel... even for being an average player.  His rookie season was a disaster.  Hope he does better next season.

[Toomers]

8 hours ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Dont know,  players drafted by gettleman are either hurt or just dont get any playing time. 

We took corners 3 corners in one draft  out of desperation and saints draft lattimore and he blows our guys out the water. 

   And the draft picks used wouldn’t come close to the value of the #11 overall pick. There is a reason he blows our guys out of the water. He should. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

Hill is an amazing player but I am not ready to say Samuel is worse or better.  Hopefully he trains well in the off season and gets himself in shape for next year. If he is ready for OTAs, minicamps and preseason I think he'll be a surprise to many. 

Samuel made some plays before getting hurt.  Just enough to tease us.   Can't wait to see what Turner does with Samuel and CMC on the field at the same time.

[Marguide]

12 hours ago, theballboy said:

Show me his snaps at Ohio State, not Carolina

Those are his snaps at Ohio State.

He certainly couldn't see that number of snaps here in one year, especially when he spent a lot of the year hurt.